Man banned for life from driving surrenders license

WARREN

William Demidovich , 82, of Roosevelt Drive in Youngstown, turned over his driver's license today in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court — a license he got in the fall of 2011 despite being sentenced to a lifetime ban on driving.

Judge W. Wyatt McKay scheduled a hearing after being informed that Demidovich might be driving again. Atty. Patricia Leopardi Knepp said in court that Demidovich got his license back on the advice of a parole officer.

Demidovich was sentenced to six years in prison in 2004 and was banned from any future driving for killing Krysten Studer, 14, of Hubbard April 4, 2003, as she walked with seven friends along state Route 304 in front of Pine Lakes Golf Club.

The girls were walking on the cinders and grass along the road with their backs to traffic when a car, driven by Demidovich swerved off the road and struck the group, killing Kyrsten and injuring several others.

The accident occurred shortly after Demidovich had left Hubbard Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3767, where he had been drinking. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Demidovich had a blood-alcohol level of 0.189. The legal limit is 0.08. He was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges.